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0 Euro - Karl Marx
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Value | 0 Euro |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-style vignette of Karl Marx, facing three-quarters left, occupies the right half of the note against a multicolour guilloche underprint in pink and yellow tones. The EU flag vignette appears at upper left alongside a large numeral '0' in dark rose, with Chinese-character legends above and below the portrait. A holographic patch is visible at upper right. |
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| Protection description | Vertical embedded security thread at centre of note; holographic patch at upper right of obverse |
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The 0 Euro souvenir note program was launched in France in 2015 by Richard Faille, initially targeting tourist sites, and quickly expanded to cover historical figures — including ones that would raise eyebrows on any conventional currency. Karl Marx, born in Trier in 1818, is commemorated here on the 200th anniversary of his birth. That a capitalist printing industry would produce a collectible bearing his likeness, retailing for several euros, is an irony the market absorbed without apparent discomfort.
Oberthur Fiduciaire prints these on genuine banknote-grade cotton paper with authentic security features, which is precisely the point — the tactile legitimacy is the product. Legal tender for nothing, but manufactured to the same technical standard as circulating currency.